Blue is the main colour that cancels out orange brassiness. If you think back to art class you might remember the colour wheel, where we learnt but colours opposite from each other on the wheel cancel each other out. This is also true with hair.
Choose the Right Toner: - For orange tones, you typically want a toner with blue or purple undertones. Blue toners counteract orange, while purple toners are better for yellow tones.
Comments452 If your hair after bleaching is an orange tone, you use wella T14 (blue base). If your hair is more of a yellow tone after bleaching, use wella T18 (purple/violet base). If you put T14 on yellow hair, it will turn slightly green.
Does Wella Toner in shade T28 work on orange hair? Yes, Wella T28 toner works on orange bleached hair. Yes, the hair looks lighter and the orange is not due to the T28.
Creates a rich honey beige blonde. Can be used to fix brassy orange hair to transform it to a more flattering warm shade.
Perfect for correcting and neutralizing brass. Quick and easy to use for at-home, salon-quality blondes. Vibrant, long lasting, fade resistant results. Vegan and free of parabens.
Blue shampoo
As you can probably imagine, blue shampoo contains cobalt-colored pigments that help offset orange and other copper-leaning tones. Use it in place of your regular shampoo once or twice a week to help fend off unwanted warmth.
Matrix Brass Off All-In-One Toning Leave-In Spray - Nourishes and Neutralizes Brassy & Orange Tones With Frizz Control, For Color Treated Hair, 6.8 Fl Oz.
In the case of orange hair, a touch of blue pigment will cool and calm too-warm locks, while a hint of violet is also helpful for yellow/orange strands on a level 7.
T14 is a pale ash blonde with violet-blue tones, making it better for hair that still has some orange left in it. T18, on the other hand, is Lightest Ash Blonde with only a violet base. Violet cancels out yellow while blue cancels out orange.
Orange hair to ash blonde: To achieve a cooler light brown hue, use a medium ash blonde hair dye. Apply it to dark orange hair to neutralize the orange while maintaining a lightened hair color, resulting in a beautiful light brown blonde shade.
Toning to balance out the warm tones
You can also use toners to correct the color and balance out the warm tones. By looking at color theory and choosing the opposite color of your hair in the color wheel, such as purple or blue shades, you can neutralize the yellow and orange.
To avoid it going ginger or red then you must check what shade you are using. For example if the colour says golden, chocolate, mahogany, red, warm brown etc, these will all look 'ginger'. To achieve a rich colour, a basic shade must be added to create the depth (how dark it is).
WELLA 050 WITH WELLA 14 TO FIX ORANGE TONES
My personal favourite combination of toners to fix orange tones are the Wella 050 Cooling Violet Toner with Wella T14 Pale Ash Blonde (50% of each). This will definitely help to reduce light orange tones in your hair and leave you with an ashy light brown result.
ion Color Brilliance Bright White Toners help remove unwanted brassy tones or warm tones in hair. They can also be used to add cool, white and pastel tones. With maximum light reflection and shine, you can use multiple shades at once to create a multi-tone effect.
To combat orange tones you need blue to neutralize. On the color wheel, blue sits across from orange, which means it will balance out and neutralize unwanted warmth or brassiness in the hair. Purple shampoo works best for those with yellow tones, while blue shampoo is ideal for orange or even reddish hues.
"All hair contains melanin, and melanin is responsible for the lightness or darkness of your natural hair color." So when we lighten our naturally dark hair color, "the underlying pigments in darker colors are one of the reasons that hair can turn that orange brassy color during or after a coloring session."
Wella Colour Charm Toner T14 Pale Ash Blonde
This toner can also be mixed with the Wella 050 Cooling Violet Toner on more orange hair. Adding in the Wella 050 Toner will give you a boost of really strong Ash tones so the combination of both should help to turn that orange brassiness into an ashy tone.
If you're experimenting with a lighter blonde, silver, or platinum hair color, you'll likely want to use a purple toner. These contain violet micro-pigments that neutralize unwanted yellowness, resulting in a more brilliant blonde. Brassiness on brunette hair, meanwhile, typically reads more orange than yellow.
Neutralizes light orange and yellow tones to achieve an ashy cool silver tone blonde. Neutralizes light yellow tones to achieve an almost ashy white blonde.
This toner creates a warm, sandy blonde. The Wella Color Charm T27 Medium Beige Blonde Hair Toner gives a beachy blonde result that looks natural, like you spend long summer days by the water. The Wella Color Charm Hair Toners are simple to use and give a salon-quailty finish, all from the comfort of home.
Neutralizes yellow tones to achieve a neutral beige blonde. Neutralizes red and yellow tones for gold hair, maintains warmth but brass free.